This isn’t humblebragging, it’s plain bragging. A humblebrag would be more like, “I don’t know what to do with the extra time now that I’ve cut a minute off my mile.”

I have a feeling that this thread will be littered with kitty references.

I would also suggest banning having characters come out of retirement for one last job.

It just so happens that this particular tragedy brings to the forefront the needs of artists/activists. The over-arching story here is that there needs to be more affordable housing for everyone, and there’s no disagreement on that.

City inspectors haven’t been able to get access to the building. A faulty fridge does not usually mean 30+ people dead. Those people were trapped and killed because they were in a labyrinth of flammable junk that obstructed walkways, doors, and windows.

You’re talking about Derick Ion Almena, right? He wasn’t the landlord—he was the master tenant. I haven’t seen any mention of who actually owned the building; it probably was some Chinese investor who’d seen it once driving by.

Deadline describes it as “a fish-out-of-water story reminiscent of films like Splash and Big,”

Makes sense. Orthodox Jews are notorious for wanting a conflict free compromise between Israelis and Palestinians protecting the rights of both peoples.

I really dislike people talking about misogyny and racism as opposing, even competing forces. Even if it wasn’t overly simplistic, it implies that misogyny and racism are two discrete, non intersecting forces of oppression, and that misogyny therefore only happens to white women. Women of color (like Holtzclaw’s…

oh just fucking fuck everything.

“finally over a shitty hump in my research program and my partner can move so we won’t be long distance anymore”

Do you think his last name has an apostrophe in it?

It’s just a lovely blue dress.

“Bush doesn’t care about black people.” -Kanye West, 2005.

OK, but how many years has it been since Nick Denton has seen Suri?

also i haven’t recovered from this yet

Counterpoint: OK Go is great and this sucks.

Patent Examiner/ former Patent Attorney here: One day back at the firm, my managing partner called me into his office to let him know that someone had called him about filing a patent. This person had (sigh) been on a “vision quest” with a shaman, and taken hallucinogens which (sigh) caused him to travel forward in…